Cutting
Earnest
Earnest adjective - Not joking or playful in mood or manner.
Cutting and earnest are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cutting" instead an adjective "Earnest".
Nearby Words: earnestness, earnestly
Both words in one sentence
- Time Skip: More prominent than in the novels by cutting the briefly shown events of Millat, Magid, and Iries early teenage years and jumping from 1985 straight to 1990 when they are fifteen years old and their story begins in earnest.
Source: Literature / White Teeth
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